VAIL, Mahlon Newhall

VAIL, Mahlon Newhall (1890-1965), fifth of seven children born to Walter Lennox Vail and his wife, Margaret Russell Newhall Vail. Mahlon Vail married Irene Howard (1895-1963), and they had no children. Mahlon’s father, Walter, had purchased 89,000 acres in Riverside County, California, known as the Pauba Ranch and the Santa Rosa Rancho, before his death in 1906. The ranches were managed as one unit by Mahlon, until they were sold in 1965 to developers Macco and Kaiser. Today this area is known as Rancho California.